Dr Ann Jones

Oh my.

This is quite something.

This is quite something.

If a swamp harrier sees you while you're in coitus with another snake, you'd both be goners.

If a swamp harrier sees you while you're in coitus with another snake, you'd both be goners.

RIP, they died doing what they loved for hours on end.

RIP, they died doing what they loved for hours on end.

Well, actually, did they love it?

Well, actually, did they love it?

Exactly the sort of emails that I expect to get at whattheduck at abc.net.au.

Exactly the sort of emails that I expect to get at whattheduck at abc.net.au.

Okay, Andrew has skirted neatly around where the snakes get off on dragging each other around by their genitals question.

Okay, Andrew has skirted neatly around where the snakes get off on dragging each other around by their genitals question.

But we can't ignore the fact that to match the two penises that the male snakes have is a little pleasure suite of two clitorises on the female, complete with amazing bundles of nerves and erectile tissues.

But we can't ignore the fact that to match the two penises that the male snakes have is a little pleasure suite of two clitorises on the female, complete with amazing bundles of nerves and erectile tissues.

Which leads us to the big question, which is, what role does pleasure actually play in sex in reproduction?

Which leads us to the big question, which is, what role does pleasure actually play in sex in reproduction?

Patricia Brennan from Mount Holyoke College, a doyen of anatomical genital research, having spent most of her career now carving up sexual anatomy.

Patricia Brennan from Mount Holyoke College, a doyen of anatomical genital research, having spent most of her career now carving up sexual anatomy.

Lucy Cook is author of Bitch, the revolutionary guide to sex, evolution and the female animal.